The Next Step in Building Your Business
Going Forward from Core Values Building a business is like building a construction project. You need to know what you want the end product to be. You need to know what you have to work with. You need to have a plan for building and then build accordingly. Who you are is like the ground […]
Do We Really Know What We Think We Know?
Our View of Things is Pretty Small We get pretty comfortable in our own perspectives. Even when we see amazing miracles we tend to not give them their full worth. In Luke 2:25-35 Mary and Joseph took Jesus to be consecrated as per the Law of Moses. Simeon was a good man who loved God. […]
A New Year, A Clean Slate
Why Did the Turkey Cross the Road? It’s just a few days until the beginning of a new year. This start represents an opportunity for new possibilities. The thought of this can be exciting. The chance to do better…to be better. This is what encourages us to make ‘New Year’s Resolutions’. The process of making […]
A Story That Only God Could Write
We All Have a Part in It Life is a collection of stories inside of a story. We all write our part of the story. The most important character in this story is the same as the Author. They are one in the same. Today is Christmas. The celebration of the birth of Jesus. The […]
It’s Not Too Late to Build a Better Construction Business
Learn from the Past, Look to the Future, Live in the Present As we are rapidly approaching the end of another year, I’m beginning to think about what things I can do to make my business better. There are things that we know we need to do and have been putting off. Life is busy, […]
Make Room for Healing and Joy
Don’t Hold on to Things You Shouldn’t We’ve all found ourselves in unpleasant situations. Places where we feel trapped. Sometimes it’s because of things we’ve done. Sometimes we’re there due to no fault of our own. The Israelites found themselves in bad situations repeatedly. They would go through times when they would be captives of […]
Core Values are Where Success Begins, Part 2
They Will Help You Avoid Wandering Core values are the foundation your life and business are built on. Last week I gave you a brief definition of what my first six core values mean to me. This week I’ll do the same thing with the final six. Here are the final six: Build the wall […]
A Straight Path is the Shortest Way
This Can Be Hard in the Wilderness In geometry, a straight line is the shortest distance between two points (on a flat surface). When going from point A to point B, on a map or in life, it’s rare that we can go in a straight line. In this case we want to find the […]
Core Values are Where Success Begins
Without Them You Just Wander The past several weeks we’ve been digging down in the dirt and discussing who you are. Who you are is the ground that your business is built on. That ground is what supports the foundation of your business. The foundation is your core values and principles. Last week I shared […]
A Story is a Good Way to Tell a Story
It Makes the Message More Real Stories are a way to relate to information in a more personal way. We can connect and feel stories. It taps into our emotions. It’s a way to make things more understandable. The Bible is a collection of stories. These were stories that people then could relate to. We […]